Last night, I was hosting a Board meeting of the Minnesota Interactive Marketing Association when someone said, “Steve Jobs died.” [...]

Dog days of summer be damned. Today we’re thrilled to welcome Joe Song to Hello Viking as Technical Architect. In this [...]

The past few months have brought a quartet of super fabulous interns into Hello Viking. We’re thrilled to be collaborating [...]

We’re excited to announce Zeb Carlson and Kellie Coit have joined the Viking ship full time. Zeb brings awesome project [...]

When we launched Hello Viking back in 2007, many friends and family agreed to embrace their inner Viking for the [...]

[Image by Talke Photography via Flickr and usage via Creative Commons] An idea: Current advertising has two shiny sides, competing [...]

Fast Company posted a really interesting study from IBM today. “For CEOs, creativity is now the most important leadership quality for success in business, outweighing even integrity and global thinking, according to a new study by IBM.” That’s crazy, right?

I’m heading to Dayton, Ohio to speak at their AdFed’s monthly meeting. And I’ve been thinking about the role of the creative director and how that position has rapidly evolved.

May thanks to Gene Rebeck at Twin Cities Business for the great article, “Hello Viking: Step Into Liquid,” today.

Our friend Bart Cleveland, creative leader at the very talented Albuquerque agency McKee Wallwork Cleveland, writes frequently for AdAge on [...]

During the spring of 2010 we collaborated with the marketing team at VocalEssence on the naming and identity for their [...]

Marketing and Advertising are finally emerging from the Classical era and into the birth of Jazz. Away from the rigid hierarchy of the Classical (“command and control”) era emphasizing perfection and into a no less professional scene providing greater flexibility and leaner accountability. The story (the tune) still sits at the center. Success is still measured in applause. But who performs and how they perform has changed dramatically.